Matthew
Matthew 19:17
17“Why do you ask Me about what is good?”e Jesus replied. “There is only One who is good. If you want to enter life, keep the commandments.”
Footnotes
- e 19:17 BYZ and TR 16...“Good Teacher, what good thing must I do to obtain eternal life?” 17“Why do you call Me good?”See Mark 10:17–18|MRK 10:17-18and Luke 18:18–19.
Word by word
Each English word or phrase beside the Greek it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.
| English | Greek | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Why | Τί | Ti | Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Singular | G5101 who, which, what |
| do you ask | ἐρωτᾷς | erōtas | Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Singular | G2065 I ask, question, request |
| Me | με | me | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 1st Person Singular | G1473 I |
| about | περὶ | peri | Preposition | G4012 about, concerning, around |
| what is | τοῦ | tou | Article - Genitive Neuter Singular | G3588 the |
| good | ἀγαθοῦ | agathou | Adjective - Genitive Neuter Singular | G18 good |
| replied | εἶπεν | eipen | Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular | G2036 to speak or say (by word or writing) |
| There is | ἐστιν | estin | Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular | G1510 I am, exist |
| only One | εἷς | heis | Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular | G1520 one |
| who is | ὁ | ho | Article - Nominative Masculine Singular | G3588 the |
| good | ἀγαθός | agathos | Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular | G18 good |
| If | εἰ | ei | Conjunction | G1487 if |
| you want | θέλεις | theleis | Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Singular | G2309 I will, wish, desire |
| to enter | εἰσελθεῖν | eiselthein | Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active | G1525 I go in, come in, enter |
| life | ζωὴν | zōēn | Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular | G2222 life |
| keep | τήρησον | tērēson | Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Singular | G5083 I keep, guard, observe |
| the | τὰς | tas | Article - Accusative Feminine Plural | G3588 the |
| commandments | ἐντολάς | entolas | Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural | G1785 an ordinance, injunction, command |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Leviticus 18:5 · Galatians 3:11–13 · Luke 10:26–28 · Romans 10:5 · 1 Samuel 2:2 · 1 John 4:16
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.